I will get things done for America -to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier.

​​...I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done.

After spending six weeks in Texas working with the Fuller Center, one would think that I picked up a slew of construction skills and knowledge, however one would be wrong. Sure, I learned a bit about drywall installation, tiling and floors, but I somehow didn't feel that I learned that much. That could also just be my discrediting my own abilities, who knows. Like I said, I wasn't initially excited to be building homes in the cold, but I kept my fingers crossed and hoped for the best. Compared to the Fuller Center, I knew that our work with Habitat would be vastly different in one key regard, organization. While in Texas, I often wondered what the team would be doing on a day to day basis, I knew that this time around I'd have a little more direction. Every week our first day of work would start with an all staff construction meeting, discussing the progress from the prior week and a rough layout of plans for the week to come. This was like music to my (Type A) ears, actual organisation and plans, things were looking up for this project.

After the whirlwind that was round 1 everyone was given a break, 10 days to do with as they pleased. While I would have been perfectly content staying on campus, enjoying the quiet, I was overdue for a holiday at home, after being away for so many. It was nice to be home, I caught up on a lot of sleep and spent time with family, but after a few days I began to grow bored. The longer I sat around 'relaxing' the less I wanted to head back to NCCC, instead I started looking up flights to Europe and Asia, despite knowing that I would go back to Colorado. The day I left campus I decided to change my return flight, combing back on New Years Eve to hang out with a few new pals, rather than scrambling to find plans at home. My flight arrived late, so our plans were also a bit ad hoc, but I was happy to be back in my element. I relished the two days I had on campus with only a few others back, but that quiet quickly disappeared.

A Year of Service

My life, being anything but predictable, has taken another turn. Rather than moving to Jeju, South Korea - my original plan for Fall '18, I'm going to test drive Denver, CO and its surroundings, an area people just keep telling me "I'd love".